Preview

Preview

This panel gives you a preview of the original content (without any effects) of the clip placed in the project clip list. It also shows you what the clips in the timeline work area would look like when you export them. In addition, it is also used to place or adjust the frame control that appears when you are adding object clips or effects.

For the sake of memory efficiency, this panel shows the preview of the video with a resolution lower than what you may have set. Thus, the video may be played with roughness and in low quality. However, once you encode the video, it will appear in line with the resolution you have set.

Largely, this panel is offered in two modes, timeline and clip, and each mode will be automatically shifted to one another according to the edits.


1. Timeline Mode

This shows the export output video according to the time of the timeline. When the focus in the timeline work area, it is automatically shifted to this mode. In Timeline Mode, a red dividing line appears at the top of the Timeline panel.



Monitoring window button function provided in timeline mode.


Clip playback head 

It is a playback head that points to the position of clip playing.

Playback head position 

Show the position of clip playback head (HH:MM:SS:frame number).
Enter a number to move to the clip playback head.

View Ratio Mode 

Viewing ratio mode button indicates the current viewing ratio of the screen. The current zoom ratio is displayed on the right of the button (1.0x). Press the Zoom Ratio Mode button. The mouse pointer will be changed to zoom_inout_cusor. Place the mouse pointer on the monitor and press the left mouse button. The zoom ratio will increment gradually. Press the right mouse button to decrement it gradually. The zoom ratio is in the order of 0.25x, 0.5x, 0.75x, 1.0x, 1.25x, 1.5x, 1.75x and 2.0x. The screen is zoomed in/out around the position of mouse clicking.

Move playback head to Previous Clip Start Position 

Move the playback head to the start position of the clip for the selected track. If there is no previous clip, then the playback head will move to the initial position. If there is space between clips, then the playback head will move to the start position of space.

Move playback head to Next Clip Start Position 

Move the playback head to the start position of the next clip for the selected track. If there is no next clip, or it is empty, then the playback head will move to the start position of the next clip.

Previous / Next Frame 

Move the clip playback head to the next/previous frame.

Play / Pause 

Play a clip or pause a source clip.

Save Snapshot 

Immediately save it as an image file by clicking it. The file path can be checked and changed in the Save tab of the top bar menu: [File] > [Settings].

Once/Repeat Play 

Play a clip in the timeline section once or repeatedly.

End Time 

It is the end time for the last clip in the project.


2. Clip Mode

In this mode, you can monitor clips collected in the project clip list as it is shown in the original copy. When clips of the project clip list are selected in the Source and Effects Panel, it is automatically shifted to this mode. In Timeline Mode, a red dividing line appears at the top of the Timeline panel.



Monitoring window button function provided in clip mode



Clip playback head It is a playback head that points to the position of clip playing.

Playback head position 

Show the position of clip playback head (HH:MM:SS:frame number). Enter a number to move to the clip playback head.

View Ratio Mode 

Viewing ratio mode button indicates the current viewing ratio of the screen. The current zoom ratio is displayed on the right of the button (1.0x).

Move playback head to Start/End Position 

Move the clip play head to the front/end of the source clip.
Previous Frame / Next Frame Move the clip playback head to the previous/next frame of the source clip.

Play / Pause 

Play a clip or pause a source clip.

Once / Repeat Play  

Play a source clip once or repeatedly.

End Time 

It is the end time for the source clip (Clip Duration).

In this mode, a red line will be formed on top of the project panel.


1) Source Clip Mode

Show the source clip on the project media list window as the original copy.


  • Manual Source Clip Mode Switch State

Show the edited clips only.



2) Virtual Clip Mode

When editing text clips or object clips properties, you can watch the screen with timeline Seekbars.



Automatic switching is done to let you edit a text clip or object clip while watching the screen based on timeline Seekbars. In the monitor window,  will appear, and the playback head of the timeline panel will be moved to the front of the clip, and it is deactivated .

In Virtual Clip mode, you can use the “Clip playback head” of the preview panel or the “Keyframe control playback head” to move a playback head. Click the timeline panel to close the ongoing property edit window and apply the setting to the clip. Click the timeline mode switching button  to switch to timeline mode and as a   result, every clip in the timeline is displayed on the monitor. Press the button  to switch back to virtual clip mode.


3) Track Clip Mode

Switched when you want to modify a clip in the timeline or apply effects to it based on Seekbar. Prevent the screen from being blocked by the clip at the top track and modify the clip at the bottom or apply effects to them while watching the screen.



In Track Clip mode, the timeline mode switching  button is displayed on the monitor screen and the playback head for the timeline panel is moved to the front of the clip and deactivated .

In Track Clip mode, you can use the “Clip playback head” of the preview panel or the “Keyframe control playback head” to move a playback head. Click the timeline panel to close the ongoing property edit window and apply the setting to the clip.

Press the  button to switch to timeline mode and display every clip of the track with the playback head on the screen. Click the  button one more time to switch to track clip mode and show every track’s clip located in the playback head.


  • Timeline mode switched to manual mode